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DEVICE FOR RECEIVING COIN AND DELIVERING TICKETS.

No. 487,139. Patented Nov. 29, 1892.

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No. 487,139. Patented Nov. 29, 1892.,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN WILLIAMS, OF PATRICROFT, ENGLAND.

DEVICE FOR RECEIVING COIN AND DELIVERING TICKETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,139, dated November29, 1892. Application filed August 6, 1892. Serial No. 442,386- (Nomodel.) Patented in England December 13, 1889. No. 20,052.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN WILLIAMS, of Patricroft, Manchester, England,have invented a new and Improved Device for Receiving Coin andDelivering Tickets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention was patened in Great Britain December 13, 1889, No.20,052.

My invention relates to a device especially adapted for receiving coinand for automatically dispensing a ticket when a coin has beendeposited.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device in which allthe parts will be of exceedingly simple yet durable construction, and,further, wherein at each time a coin is placed in the device an alarmwill be sounded, and, further, whereby the coin when placed in a mouthin the device after its reception in the device said coin cannot beremoved, although it has not been pressed downward sufficiently to dropinto the interior of the device.

Another feature of the invention consists in providing a means forpreventing more than one ticket at a time being removed from the deviceor automatically delivered therefrom when actuating mechanism has beenset in operation, and another feature consists in combining with theoperative mechanism a dial of any description indicating the amount ofmoney which has been placed in the device.

'11 The inventionconsists in the novel construction and combination ofthe several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointedout in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device, the front plate beingremoved. Fig. 2 is a Vertical section taken, practically, on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the drum of the device,illustrating the connection therewith of the dial. Fig. 4 is a sectionthrough the mouth or throat of the device, the said section being takenon the line 4 4 of Figs. 2 and 6. Fig. 5 is a transverse section througha portion of the drum and a 1ock-lever operated in connection therewith,the section being taken, practically, on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6is a rear view of the throat and the retaining-levers connected with thethroat, said figure representing, also, a section through the casing,the section being taken, essentially, on the line 6 6 of Fig. 4:. Fig. 7is a section through the casing and through the ticket-guide chute ofthe casing; and Fig. Sis a partial bottom plan view of the drum,indicating the manner in which the alarm mechanism is sounded.

The casing A of the device may be of any approved construction and ispreferably made with an arched top. One side face of the casing isconstructed in the shape of a door 10, and when said door is removed itdiscloses the interior of the casing, as the door is adapted tocompletely cover the side at which it is located. This door ispreferably a sliding one, being held to travel in suitable slidewaysproduced in the body of the casing, and the door when it is in positionis preferably acted upon by a springlock 11, of any approvedconstruction, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, which look may be manipulatedby a suitable form of key. A partition 12 is secured to the back of thecasing, upon its inner face, and upon this partition, which ishorizontal, or upon suitable brackets secured to the casing at back andsides a vertical partition 13 is rigidly yet removably fastened, andthis partition, which is shown best in Fig. 1, extends from a point aslight distance above the bottom to 'a point near the top, the upperface of the partition being preferably concaved,as shown at a in Fig. 1.By this means the casing is divided into a main compartment B, adaptedto receive the money, and a front compartment B, in which a portion ofthe mechanism is placed, and when the door 10 is removed the mechanismin the front compartment B is visible and access is obtained to the rearcompartment through the space beneath the lower edge of the partition13. Thus when the door is re moved or even partially raised whatevercoin there may be in the compartment B may find an exit through the saidspace. In front of the casing, preferably near the side closed by thedoor and in the arched portion of the casing, a slot 14E is transverselymade. This slot at the top is exteriorly covered by a curved plate 15,this plate being carried into the casing and upward ordinarily to aconnection with the lock 11 or directly in connection with the underface of the top of the casing. At the inner end of the plate 15 adownwardlyextending and outwardly-curved plate 16 is located, and it isordinarily attached at its upper end to the top of the casing, and athird plate 17 is located beneath the plate 15, the plate 17 beingsecured to the under wall of the slot 14, while the plate 15 is attachedto the outer wall of said opening. The plate 17 extends rearward,preferably, a like distance as the plate 15 above it; but a space 17 ismade to intervene between the inner end of the plate 17 and the lowerend of the plate 16. The plates 15, 16, and 17 constitute a guidechutethrough which the tickets are to be passed, entering at the opening 17,and the tickets in the chute are passed out and down through the slot14, receiving their downward inclination from the outer end of the plate15 of the chute, and this outer portion of the plate 15 also serves as asurface against which the strip of tickets may be made to bear andfacilitates the tearing of a single ticket from the strip, as a singleticket only is exposed at one time. At one side of the slot 14. thecoinreceiving opening D is located in the casing. This coin-receivingopening has a mouth 18, of somewhat cylindrical shape, it being giventhis contour in order that a finger may be readily introduced into themouth. The back wall of the mouth 18 consists of a plate 19,semicircular in cross-section and best shown in Fig. 6, its convexedface being inward and its concaved face outward, and the lower end ofthis plate is bifurcated, as shown at 20 in said Fig. 6.

At each side of the coin-receiving opening D a slideway 21 is formed,the slideways being located directly opposite one another, and the widthfrom one slideway to the other is varied according to the diameter ofthe coin that the device is adapted to receive. After a coin has beenplaced in the slideways and pushed but a slight distance downward it isdesirable that the coin shall be so situated atthattimethatitcannotbewithdrawn. Tothat end at each side of thethroatplate 19, at the upper portion of that plate, a pawl 22 ispivoted, (shown in both FigsA. and 6,) and these pawls extend one withineach slideway near the top and are held normally transversely across theslideways by a spring or springs 23, secured to the throat-plate andhaving bearing against the pawls, as best shown in Fig. 6. The coin whendepressed downward in the slideways of the coin-receiving opening willforce the pawls out of its path; but the moment that the periphery ofthe coin has passed below the level of the pawls the latler are restoredby their springs to their normal position and constitute when in thatposition a barrier to the removal of the coin. The coin must then eitherremain fixed in the coin-receiving opening or it must be forced downwardto enter the coin-receiving compartment. The coin is insured a downwardmovement into the coin-receiving compartment by means of a tongue 24,which is attached at the outer lower wall of the coinreceiving opening.

A drum 0 is employed in the machine, which drum is divided peripherallyinto two sections a and c by means of two spaced and central peripheralflanges 25 and 26, and at each end of the drum an annular flange isformed, the front annular flange being designated as 27 and the rearflange as 28. The rear flange is provided with a series of apertures 29,as best shown in Fig. 3, and the forward flange 26 of the reardrum-section c' is likewise provided with apertures, the said aperturesbeing designated by the referencenumeral 30, the apertures being shownin dotted lines in Fig. 7, the apertures in the flanges 26 and 28 beingdiagonally opposite. In the peripheral surface of the section 0 of thedrum a number of pins 31 are located, the pins being in twocircumferential rows, and they are placed close to the flanges 26 and28, as shown in Fig. 2, one pin being near each of the apertures in theflanges of that section, as shown in Fig. 4:. This drum is mounted toturn in a frame E, the frame comprising a front bar 32, a rear bar 33,and two side bars 3e and 35,the trunnion of the drum or the axle uponwhich itis secured being journaled centrally in the side bars. Thisframe is located in the upper portion of the casing in such manner thatthe pin-carrying section 0 thereof will rotate immediately back of thecoin-receiving opening D of the casing, and when the drum is revolvedthe pins 31 thereon are enabled to pass the throat-plate 19 by reason ofthe bifurcation in the lower portion of said plate. Upon the front bar32 of the frame E, opposite the pin-carrying section 0 of the drum, thelower ends of two lock-levers 36 and 37 are pivoted. Each of theselevers is adapted to engage with the apertured flange of the saiddrum-section c, and to that end the forward or free ends of the leversare bent, one so as to extend along the outer face of the outerapertured flange of the drum and the other between the two inner flanges25 and 26, engaging with the apertured flange 26, as shown best in Fig.2. The free end of each of these levers is provided with a stud 38, asshown in Fig. 5, and these pins or studs are adapted to enter theapertures in the flanges 26 and 28, and when such an engagement occursbetween the drum and the lock-levers the drum is prevented from turning.The levers are widest apart at their upper or free ends and areconnected and held in engagement with the flanges by means of a spring39. The upper ends of these levers are located directly beneath thecoin-receiving opening D, and when a coin is forced downward through theopening it is adapted to engage with the 1evers and force them apart outof engagement with the flanges with which they normally engage, thusplacing the drum in a position which enables it to revolve, and when thecoin is pressed farther downward it will raise or strike against two ofthe pins 31 on the pincarrying section of the drum, and the pressureupon the coin will turn the drum until the coin has passed through thelock-levers and the drum has been turned a distance equal to thatbetween two adjacent lines of flange-apertures, and this distance isequal to the width of the ticket to be delivered, and when the drum isrotated in the manner described the length of a ticket is passed outthrough the opening 14. The drum is prevented from moving except butinone direction by placing a series of pins, studs, or projections 40circularly around the side fronting the door of the casing, as showninFig. 1, and causing a detent 41 to engage with the walls defining thespaces between the pins, as likewise shown in said Fig. 1, the detentbeing controlled by a spring 42 attached to it and to the casing, thespring normally holding the detent in engagement with the pins. Thus thedrum may be turned in the direction of the pressure exerted upon it bythe coin, but it cannot be turned in the opposite direction, as whensuch movement is attempted one of the pins 40 will strike against theend face of the detent 41.

A bell 43, gong, or like device is secured to the back portion of thecasing in any suitable or approved manner. This bell is rung each timethat a coin is placed in the coinopening, and this is effected bypivoting upon the rear bar 33 of the frame E, preferably near one endthereof, a lever 44, the upper end of which lever is connected withaspring 45, attached to it and to the bar 33, and this spring normallyholds the lever 44, which is somewhat circular, concentric with theouter flange 28 of the drum, and the lever strikes against a stop 46, asshown best in Fig. 8. The lower or free end of the lever is bentdownward in direction of the drum and is provided with a beveled head47, the head being in the path of the outer set of pins 31. This levercarries an arm 48, and the arm at one end is provided with an attachedball 49 or a hammer of any description capable of sounding an alarm bystriking the gong. Each time that the drum is revolved one of the outerset of teeth will engage with the head 47 of the bell-hammer lever andwill force the lever to a diagonal position across the face of thesection 0 of the drum, and the moment that the pin is relieved fromengagement with the lever 44 the latter is returned by its spring to itsnormal position and the hammer will strike the gong. The section 0 ofthe drum is provided with a series of spurs 50, and this drum-section isshaped to have wound around it singly a strip of tickets, and the spursare intended not only to assist the drum in passing the strip upward,but the spurs will also tear the strip if an attempt is made to drawoutmore than one ticket when a coin has been placed in the machine.

A reel 51 is pivoted upon the plate or partition 13, beneath theroughened surface of the ticket-carrying section 0 of the drum, as bestshown in Figs. 1 and 2. This reel is adapted to carry a roll of ticketsin strip form, and the tickets are passed from the reel aroundafriction-roller 52, placed between the reel and the ticket-carryingsection of the drum, and from the friction-roller the strip is passedover that portion of the drum-surface facing the door 10, and from thedrum the strip of tickets is passed into the guidechute, comprising theplates 15, 16, and 17, through the opening 17 in the plates, the stripbeing made to terminate at the outlet opening or slot 14.

Thus in the operation of the device when a coin is placed in the openingD of the easing it is forced downward beyond the retaining-pawls 22, atwhich time the coin cannot be withdrawn. Next the coin engages with thelock-levers 36 and 37, disengaging said levers from the drum, andfinally the coin rests upon a set of two aligning pins 31, and as thecoin is pressed downward to cause it to fall into the coin-receivingcompartment the coin by reason of its engagement with the said pins 31will revolve the drum a sufficient distance to cause one ticket on thestrip to pass out through the opening 14, and by using the outer curvedend of the guide-chute plate 15 as a ruler or cutter the exposed ticketmay be neatly and evenly severed from the strip.

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The casing may be provided with a handle, 7

as shown in Fig. 1, enabling it to be readily carried from place toplace, or the casing may be adapted to be hung up or placed in astationary manner in engagement with any object.

It is desirable that a recording mechanism should be used in connectionwith the device, and such a recording mechanism is shown in both Figs. 2and 3, in which it consists of a numbered dial 54, secured to thetrunnion of the shaft to which the drum is attached. This dial afterhaving made one revolution is adapted to turn a second dial 55, alsoprovided with a numbered face, and the second dial when it has made arevolution turns another dial 56, whose face is also numbered, and thenumbers of the dials may be read through openings 57, produced in oneside surface of the casing.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a vending-machine, the combination,

with a casing provided with a coin-receiving opening, of a drum carryingpins and adapt ed also to carry the article to be disbursed, the pinsbeing located back of the coin-receiving opening, and lock-leversengaging with the drum, the said levers being released from the drumwhen a coin is placed in the coin-receiving opening and presses againstsaid levers,

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the coin being also adapted to revolve the drum by engagement with itspins, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a vending-machine, the combination, with a casing provided with acoin-receiving opening having slideways in its opposite walls andspring-controlled locking devices extending into the slideways of thesaid coin-receiving opening, of a drum mounted to turn in the casing anddivided into two sections,one section being peripherally provided with aseries of pins and the other section with a series of spurs, thespur-section being adapted to carry the article to be vended and thepins upon the other section being so placed as to pass back of thecoin-receiving opening when the drum is revolved, and spring-pressedlocklevers located one at each side of the pin-oarrying section of thedrum and having a looking engagement with said section, the lockleversbeing located in the path of the coin when it is entered into thecoin-receiving slot, the said coin being also adapted after engagingwith the lock-levers and spreading them apart to engage with a pin orset of pins upon the drum, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a vending-machine, the combination, with a drum provided with aseries of spurs and a driving mechanism connected with the drum andoperated by the pressure of an entered coin, of a reel located beneaththe spur portion of the drum and adapted to carry a tape of tickets orlike articles, a friction-roller located between the reel and the spurportion of the drum, and a chute located above the spur portion of thedrum and having an opening for the reception of one end of the tape andan opening for the upward passage of the tape, as and for the purposeset forth.

4. In a vending-machine, thecombination, with a casing provided with acoin-receiving opening the wall of which is provided with channels orslideways for a coin and springoontrolled retaining devices extendingnormally into the slideways, of a drum carrying pins and also adapted tocarry the article to be disbursed, the pins being located back of thecoin-receiving opening, and lock-levers engaging with the drum, the saidlevers being released from the drum when a coin is placed in thecoin-receiving opening and pressed against the said levers, the coinbeing also adapted to revolve the drum by engagement with the pins, andwhereby also when a coin has been forced into the coin-receiving openingit can be removed therefrom only by downward pressure, as specified.

JOHN WILLIAMS. Witnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, E. M. CLARK.

